09/04/2026
These are some of the things that we hear day in and day out when people discuss their approaches to try and get in better shape and improve their body composition.
You could do all of these things and it will have zero effect on changing how you look, if you don’t address the underlying principle of achieving a calorie deficit through controlling your nutrition.
Some studies have actually shown that individuals have gained fat as a result of doing cardio as it increases appetite and they end up in a net calorie surplus. Similarly eating ‘clean’ can have the same effect as a lot of these foods are calorie dense such as nuts and avocados. That’s not to say that you shouldn’t eat these foods as they also contain healthy fats which is essential for hormone function but the quantity needs to be controlled if your goal is fat loss.